New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 89

Page 1867

✨ Freight Rates and Regulations

Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1867

GOODS.

LOCAL RATES--continued.

Small lots of goods of Classes A, B, and C, from Dunedin to Milton, Balclutha, Waitahuna, and Lawrence, will be charged pro rata at the Class C rates, instead of under Regulations 2 and 3, Part III. Minimum, 1cwt.; minimum charge, 1s. The charge for small lots of other classes of goods is not to exceed the charge for small lots of Class C goods.

DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D not otherwise specified below, between Dunedin and Invercargill, in quantities of 5cwt. and over, will be charged 18s. per ton. Quantities of less than 5cwt. will be charged 3s. 6d. for the first cwt., and 3d. for each additional cwt. or fraction of a cwt. But this regulation will not apply to goods consigned under Regulation (3), Part III. These rates cover all charges.

Threshing-machines, reapers-and-binders, winnowing-machines, bulky machinery, carriages and gigs in pieces unpainted and in the rough, and furniture between Dunedin and Invercargill, in quantities of 5cwt. and over, will be charged 30s. per ton. Quantities of less than 5cwt. will be charged 5s. 6d. for the first cwt., and 6d. for each additional cwt. or fraction of a cwt. These rates cover all charges.

Parcels for Distribution at Destination.--When more articles or parcels than one are sent, packed or loose, from one consignor to one consignee, for express companies or forwarding agents, and are for distribution at destination, the minimum charge will be 7s. 6d.

MILEAGE.

The distance between Dunedin and the following stations for the purpose of computing the charges will be deemed to be as follows:--

Miles.
Caversham ...	...	2	Burke's ... ... 4
Burnside ...	...	4	Sawyer's Bay ... ... 7
Abbotsford ...	...	5	Port Chalmers Lower Station 8
Ravensbourne ...	...	2	And between Pelichet Bay and Port Chalmers Upper Station, 8 miles.

BURNSIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, OAMARU, AND INVERCARGILL.

Bar iron and castings, locally manufactured, consigned direct from Burnside Ironworks will be charged as follows:--

To Christchurch ... ... ... ... 25s. per ton. To Timaru ... ... ... ... 21s. per ton. To Oamaru ... ... ... ... 15s. per ton. To Invercargill ... ... ... ... 18s. per ton.

Minimum quantity, 4 tons.

FERNHILL BRANCH LINE.

Coal from or to Fernhill to or from stations beyond Abbotsford will be charged 4½d. per ton in addition to the classified rates and charges from or to Abbotsford.

PELTS, GORE TO WOOLSTON.

Pelts, from Gore to Woolston, will be charged 35s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per truck. Owners to load and unload.

FAT, MATAURA TO WALLACETOWN.

Fat, packed, Mataura to Wallacetown, will be charged 12s. 6d. per ton. Owners to load and unload.

PELTS: OCEAN BEACH, INVERCARGILL, AND ONE-TREE POINT TO WOOLSTON.

Pelts, Ocean Beach, Invercargill, and One-tree Point to Woolston, will be charged 41s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per truck. Owners to load and unload.

BLUFF AND INVERCARGILL.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Bluff to Invercargill, not to private sidings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 9 per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Bluff to Invercargill, to private sidings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 6 ,, Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Invercargill to Bluff ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 6 ,,

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1897, No 89

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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